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<H1>Daemon Command Line</H1>The command line options for the <A NAME=11 HREF=../Overview.html>simple www server</A> are as follows.
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<DT><A NAME=12>-a address</A>
<DD> Specify the port number. The address should be in the form
"*:80" with 80 replaced with the desired port number, which can be
different for tests for instance. Note that the string must be quoted
because of the asterisk. <A NAME=7>If this option is not given, the daemon assumes
that it has been run by inetd, and uses stdin and stdout as its communication
channel</A> . Note that port numbers under 1024 are <A NAME=13 HREF=PrivilegedPorts.html>privileged</A> .
<DT>-l  file
<DD> Log all calls to the given file. The file is appended to
if it already exists.
<DT>-v
<DD> Verbose mode. Copious trace messages are written to the standard
output stream. Mainly for debugging.
<DT><A NAME=5>-r file</A>
<DD> Load a <A NAME=10 HREF=RuleFile.html>rule file</A> . The rules are added after any rules already
loaded.  Inhibits the loading of the default rule file.
<DT><A NAME=6>-R</A>
<DD> Inhibit the loading of the default rule file.  Warning: running
without a rule file  normally poses a security problem.
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<ADDRESS><A NAME=0 HREF=../../../TBL_Disclaimer.html>Tim BL</A>